Selkie267

I know I said last week I’d have a bonus one-shot Christmas comic today, but I’m afraid I couldn’t get it finished for today. So I’ll finish it tonight and post it on Christmas tomorrow, and make this a three-update week.

How about this:
*Jessie is Todd sister, who was born and put up for adoption after he was.
*At some point approximately 10 years ago, Todd was low on cash so he sold his sperm to the sperm bank. Somehow, unknowingly, he is the biological father of Sandy, Wu, George, Heather AND Keisha in addition to Amanda.
*The Merman doctor who we saw during Andi’s phone call was actually Selkie’s father, and was the doctor who assisted in the delivery of Amanda.
*The African American woman who works at the orphanage is biologically Todd’s father’s sister. The other woman who works at the orphanage is Todd’s father’s great-great-grandmother. (She is secretly an elf that has lived for 1,000 years).
*Everyone who works at the Shoe-store where Selkie got her shoes are also elves, and they are relatives of the elf at the orphanage.
*As a result her discovery of time travel in 2034, Selkie was the adopted mother of the woman who later became her teacher. (This was the reason for her teacher’s surprise and confusion upon first meeting Selkie.)
*Selkie’s PE teacher and Heather’s adopted father are genetically altered clones of Todd created by the military. The project was canceled, but it’s intention was to create soldiers to invade the mer-city that Selkie came from.
*Andi is a werewolf.

I love this strip, especially Andi’s reaction to the “shoe ‘decor”. I hope
Jessie doesn’t let Alexis off the hook this time. That seems to be what
Alexis is expecting with the “I’ll be at my sister’s” line.

And I’m really glad Andi turned out not to be Alexis’ sister. That’d be
one coincidence too many.

The only nitpick I’d have is that the timing on this feels a little “off” to me.
Andi’s visit to Todd, and her subsequent calling the hospital to try to
locate Amanda, took place during the “shirt” incident at Selkie’s school.
That was two-three weeks ago, according to what Ms. Afkhami said to Todd in their most recent conversation…but she’s(Andi) just now
started planning her next step? Maybe it’s just me, but she doesn’t seem like the sort to hesitate for long once she’s decided on a course of
action.

for one, life gets a little crazy, and stuff gets put on the back burner. two, if she’s really an artsy type, they get a little flaky, and a LOT of stuff gets put on the back burner (no offense to you artsy types, I’m just as bad)

Not weird. Artists have MANY ideas that occur spontaneously from surroundings. This could be her main method of being able to recall them. I can’t remember most of my best thoughts because of not having such a device, and I’m not an artist but I’ve had friends who were (a problem of getting older).

I used to be horrible at remembering things. When I finally owned up to it I bought a planner, and later a smartphone. Andi’s just finding a workaround to her problem, and a great one too… that is if she’s anything like me.